New Newsletter 10.12-10.16 - Bright Beginnings Preschool...Oct 07, 2016  · NEWS FROM OUR MUSIC...

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October 16, 2015 DATES TO REMEMBER! October 19 – ChiliCookOff, 50/50 Raffle October 30 – Halloween Celebrations and Parade, Trick or Truck – See Signs Posted October 30 – Public Schools Closed – School Agers and Morning Preschoolers – Drop in Day: $80 November 3 School Picture Day November 4 – School Picture Day WHATS NEW? Baby Sign Language Yoga Music Class Gymnastics/Dance Spanish Class (coming soon!) Charlottesville’s Early Childhood Leader Since 1984 NEWS FROM THE FRONT DESK: Lots of events and happenings here this month!! We are so excited for our ChiliCook off and 50/50 raffle Monday don’t forget to sign up! We’ll be here from 6:308 and can’t wait to spend time with you and your family! The playgrounds will be open – we’ll have chili, and pizza for the kids! We hope to see you there! NEWS FROM THE ADMISSIONS DESK: We are busy bees behind the scenes here at Bright Beginnings! We are feeling extra motivated after our conference last week and we have so many new ideas to implement in the next few months! How do you like our music program? Yoga? Baby signing? Thank you to those of you who have given us fantastic reviews on our Facebook and Google+ pages – we love them and as soon as we get them, we share them! So many of our wonderful families hear about us from your referrals so keep up the good work! You may even get a special treat . Do you have a friend that is interested in enrollment? We’ve got a few spots remaining in our fall program! Know someone looking for a fabulous preschool program? Have them call Lisa, our Director of Admissions at 434823 7129 or email [email protected] today! Have you “liked” our Facebook page yet? Take time to do it! You’ll find tons of wonderful photos, parenting tips and more! Visit our ever changing and updating website as well! Have a great weekend!

Transcript of New Newsletter 10.12-10.16 - Bright Beginnings Preschool...Oct 07, 2016  · NEWS FROM OUR MUSIC...

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    October 16, 2015  

    MONTH YEAR  

     

    DATES  TO  REMEMBER!  

    October  19  –  Chili-‐Cook-‐Off,  50/50  Raffle                                                

    October  30  –  Halloween  Celebrations  and  Parade,  Trick  or  

    Truck  –  See  Signs  Posted              

    October  30  –  Public  Schools  Closed  –  School  Agers  and  Morning  Preschoolers  –  Drop  in  Day:  $80  

    November  3  -‐  School  Picture  Day    

    November  4  –  School  Picture  Day    

     

     

    WHATS  NEW?  

    Baby  Sign  Language  

    Yoga  

    Music  Class  

    Gymnastics/Dance  

    Spanish  Class  (coming  soon!)  

     

    Charlottesville’s Early Childhood Leader Since 1984  

    NEWS  FROM  THE  FRONT  DESK:    Lots  of  events  and  happenings  here  this  month!!  We  are  so  excited  for  our  Chili-‐Cook  off  and  50/50  raffle  Monday  don’t  forget  to  sign  up!  We’ll  be  here  from  6:30-‐8  and  can’t  wait  to  spend  time  with  you  and  your  family!  The  playgrounds  will  be  open  –  we’ll  have  chili,  and  pizza  for  the  kids!  We  hope  to  see  you  there!      

    NEWS  FROM  THE  ADMISSIONS  DESK:  We  are  busy  bees  behind  the  scenes  here  at  Bright  Beginnings!  We  are  feeling  extra  motivated  after  our  conference  last  week  and  we  have  so  many  new  ideas  to  implement  in  the  next  few  months!  How  do  you  like  our  music  program?  Yoga?  Baby  signing?  Thank  you  to  those  of  you  who  have  given  us  fantastic  reviews  on  our  Facebook  and  Google+  pages  –  we  love  them  and  as  soon  as  we  get  them,  we  share  them!  So  many  of  our  wonderful  families  hear  about  us  from  your  referrals  so  keep  up  the  good  work!  You  may  even  get  a  special  treat  J.  Do  you  have  a  friend  that  is  interested  in  enrollment?  We’ve  got  a  few  spots  remaining  in  our  fall  program!  Know  someone  looking  for  a  fabulous  preschool  program?  Have  them  call  Lisa,  our  Director  of  Admissions  at  434-‐823-‐7129  or  email  [email protected]  today!      Have  you  “liked”  our  Facebook  page  yet?  Take  time  to  do  it!  You’ll  find  tons  of  wonderful  photos,  parenting  tips  and  more!  Visit  our  ever  changing  and  updating  website  as  well!  Have  a  great  weekend!  

     

     

     

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    Financially Speaking…

    CLASSROOM NEWS!! NEWS FROM OUR PENGUIN FRIENDS:  Hello  everyone  this  week  we  started  Halloween  and  pumpkins!  Our  letter  of  week  was  “Ii”.  For  morning  meeting  we  sang  guess  who  came  to  school  today,  what  color  shirt  are  you  wearing,  calendar,  days  of  the  week,  counting  friends,  shapes,  colors,  ABC,  counting  1-‐10,  and  recognize  names.  For  practical  living  we  did  “baking  a  pumpkin  pie”,  cleaning  up,  washing  dishes,  pushing  in  my  chair  and  we  had  a  blast  going  to  the  playground  and  picking  pumpkins.  For  art  we  made  candy  corn,  skeleton  handprints,  pumpkin  patch,  toilet  paper  pumpkins  and  decorated  the  letter  I.  For  fine  motor  we  did  shape  and  color  sorter,  doorknob  hangers,  pumpkin  ooze,  pass  the  pumpkin,  and  sensory  pumpkin  and  ghosts  bags.  For  gross  motor  we  did  pumpkins  pumpkins  ghost,  jump  jump,  toe  touches,  ring  around  the  rouse,  pumpkin  bean  bag  toss  and  of  course  outside  play.    Now  that  the  weather  is  changing  and  we  are  wearing  jackets  please  put  your  child’s  name  inside  it  so  it's  easier  for  us  to  know  who’s  jacket  is  who's  also  a  reminder  to  all  please  put  dates  and  names  on  all  food  and  cups  this  is  a  license  regulation  thank  you!                

    NEWS FROM OUR STARFISH FRIENDS:

    Boo!  It's  that  time  of  year  again!  Everybody  in  the  Starfish  room  is  enjoying  making  Halloween  art!  This  week  we  focused  on  the  color  orange,  for  Halloween  of  course!  We  all  loved  making  things  in  the  color  orange.  Oscar  loved  his  Jack-‐o-‐lantern  and  Charlie  had  the  biggest  smile  on  her  face  when  we  showed  her  the  finished  piece  that  she  made.  We  strive  to  start  early  with  introducing  them  to  colors,  shapes,  numbers,  and  letters.  We  count  to  10  and  say  our  ABC'S  every  morning  during  our  circle  time.  Jacob  and  Nate  enjoy  watching  Ms.  Ashley  sing  the  ABC'S.  They  always  stare  with  such  joy!  Everybody  is  doing  so  wonderful  with  crawling  and  sitting  up.  Jacob  has  learned  to  sit  up  with  a  little  help.  Charlie  is  taking  a  few  steps  while  crawling.  All  of  the  teachers  in  the  Starfish  room  are  so  happy  to  see  the  great  accomplishments  that  our  babies  are  doing!  Just  a  reminder  to  check  the  cubbies  at  the  end  of  each  day  for  papers  to  be  sent  home.  I  hope  you  have  an  amazing  weekend!!  :)    

    Staff  Update  in  the  Starfish  room:  We  are  sorry  to  say  that  Ms.  Kayla  and  Ms.  Cinammon  resigned  from  their  positions  in  our  Starfish/Sea  Turtle  room.  But  we  are  pleased  to  introduce  you  and  happy  to  add  to  our  team  Ms.  Liz  Harris!  Ms.  Liz  has  a  few  years  experience  working  with  kids  in  a  home-‐care  setting,  this  is  her  first  time    

    working  in  a  school  setting.  Ms.  Nancy  will  continue    

    to  help  as  needed  in  these  rooms!  

       

    NEWS  FROM  OUR  OTTER  FRIENDS:        

    The  Otter  Room  had  Fun  Spooky  week!!  The  children  really  enjoyed  making  spooky  ghost,  witches  and  funny  face  pumpkins  last  week.  This  week  we  had  lots  of  fun  making  jack-‐o-‐lanterns  in  a  bottle,  candy  corn  footprints,  Popsicle  pumpkin  puppets,  potato  pumpkin  prints  and  tissue  paper  pumpkins.  They  had  so  much  experiencing  with  the  ooey  gooey  insides  of  the  pumpkins.  We  also  had  fun  making  pumpkin  seed  shakers,  pumpkin  seed  art  and  doing  pumpkin  carving.  They  had  so  much  fun  during  morning  meeting  ready  spooky  Halloween  books  like  Two  Little  Witches,  Oscars  Grouchy  Sounds  and  I'm  not  scared.  Brinley  and  Will  really  like  the  story  I'm  not  scared  and  they  all  love  the  end  of  the  book  when  we  scream  HAPPY  HALLOWEEN!!!  Check  out  our  Handprint  Pumpkins  we  made  last  week  the  children  loved  making  these  pumpkins.  They  enjoy  painting  their  hands.  

     

     

  • NEWS  FROM  OUR  OCTOPUS  FRIENDS:    

       This  week  in  the  octopus  classroom,  we  learned  all  about  agriculture,  including  farm  animals  such  as:  cows,  chickens,  horses,  pigs,  turkeys,  and  sheep.  We  also  talked  about  what  farmers  do,  including  the  machinery  they  use  to  provide  us  with  the  food  we  buy  from  the  grocery  store!  We  read  some  great  literature  including  "Cows  to  the  Rescue,"  "Click  Clack  Moo  (Cows  that  Type),"  and    "Balloon  Farm"  along  with  many  great  fact-‐filled  nonfiction  books  about  farming  and  farm  animals.  In  art  we  made  horses  out  of  rectangles,  had  a  cow  drawing-‐lesson,  and  made  cute  paper-‐plate-‐piggies!  In  science  we  observed  the  texture  of  corn  and  observed  and  discussed  farm  animals  in  detail  each  day.  Finally,  the  highlight  of  our  week  was  getting  to  go  to  Adventure  Farm  on  our  field  trip,  where  the  students  got  to  pick  pumpkins,  see  farm  animals,  and  go  through  a  corn-‐maze!  Next  week  we  will  be  learning  all  about  pumpkins!!  Have  a  great  weekend  and  please  make  sure  you  are  practicing  sight  words  at  home  with  your  little  one!  

     

    CLASSROOM NEWS!! NEWS FROM OUR WALRUS FRIENDS: This  week  in  the  Walrus  Room  we  started  of  by  saying,  “Hello”  and  “Hi”  to  the  very  friendly  letter  “Hh”.  We  ended  our  week  with  a  happy  Show  &  Tell  with  items  such  as:  headphones,  horses,  a  Haunted  House,  and  a  hippo.  During  the  week  we  rocked  it  out  to  some  Halloween  Songs.  We  broke  out  the  drums  and  held  the  beat  as  we  learned  about  tempo.  For  our  fast  song  we  played,  “Bad  Moon  Rising”  by  Creedence  Clearwater  Revival  (words  changed  a  little  to  suite  our  friends).  For  our  slower  tempo  we  jammed  to,  “Wolfman’s  Brother”  by  Phish.  Another  song  we  had  fun  with  was,  “The  One  Eye,  One  Horn,  Flying  Purple  People  Eater”,  after  singing  the  song  we  took  to  the  Art  Tables  and  made  our  own  Purple  People  Eaters!  Thursday  was  our  highlight  as  the  Walrus  crew  joined  our  neighbors  the  Dolphins  and  Octopus  on  a  field  trip  to  “Adventure  Farms”.  We  are  enjoying  the  Fall  as  we  learn  about  the  many  things  that  it  has  to  offer.  The  greatest  Fall  thing  is  the  pumpkin!  We  had  a  fun  time  taking  a  pumpkin  survey.  Who  likes,  pumpkin  pie,  pumpkin  ice-‐cream,  or  pumpkin  seeds?  Over  all  we  learned  that  some  people  have  different  taste  but  we  all  seem  to  love  the  pumpkin!              

    NEWS FROM OUR DOLPHIN FRIENDS: Attention  Dolphin  Parents,  we  are  still  actively  looking  for  a  Full  time  PreK  teacher  for  this  room.  Ms.  Jaszmine  is  doing  an  awesome  job  with  the  kiddos  and  is  keeping  them  very  busy  with  their  normal  day-‐to-‐day  activities  and  schedule!  We  will  keep  you  up  to  date  on  any  hiring  news  for  this  room  as  it  happens!  

    NEWS FROM OUR GYMNASTICS CLASS: In  Gymnastics  we  continue  to  work  on  body  postures,  stretching  correctly,  gymnastic  positions  and  point  toe,  flex  toe.  The  kids  are  all  doing  great  and  are  enjoying  their  time  with  Ms.  Cari!  Next  week  we  will  incorporate  dance  into  gymnastics  as  well  for  the  wiggly  bodies!    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    CLASSROOM NEWS!! NEWS FROM OUR MUSIC CLASS: Preschool    This  Week  We:  Started  with  a  welcoming  song,  “I'm  So  Glad  Your  Here”  During  the  song,  children  were  encouraged  to  share  their  names  and  clap  along.  Read  “Freckles  The  Frog.”  and  played  our  game.  Took  a  look  at  a  book  filled  with  Lullabies.  We  sung  along  with  the  guitar  to  “Twinkle,  Twinkle,  Little  Star”  Played  a  few  requested  songs  from  our  group  Reflection  and  Foresight  (What  we  covered  and  what's  up  next.)  Objectives:  Terms  used:  Lullaby-‐  a  soothing  song,  usually  sung  to  young  children  before  they  go  to  sleep  Listened  to  melody.  (Lullaby  has  a  melody  with  the  intent  to  sooth.)  Listened  for  music  cues  (both  sound  and  vocal)  Vocal-‐  Listened  for  directions  as  we  played  a  game  to  “Freckles  The  Frog”    Toddlers  This  Week  We:  Started  with  a  welcome  song,  “I'm  So  Glad  You're  Here”  During  the  song,  children  were  encouraged  to  share  their  names  and  clap  along.  Learned  different  names  for  the  guitar.  Read  “Head,  Shoulders,  Knees  and  Toes...”  Illustrated  by  Annie  Kubler  After  reading  the  book,  we  studied  the  sheet  music  that  was  on  the  back  of  the  book.  Sung  and  danced  to  “Head,  Shoulders,  Knees  and  Toes...”  Reflection  and  Foresight  (What  we  covered  and  what's  up  next.)  Objectives:  Terms  used:  Guitar  –  Axe,  Git-‐fiddle,  the  6-‐string,  nicknames  for  guitars  (B.B.  King  named  his  Lucille)  Music  Stand  Listened  for  music  cues  (both  sound  and  vocal)  Vocal  –  Listened  for  directions  as  we  danced  to  “Head,  Shoulders,  Knees  and  Toes...”    “Music  is  your  own  experience,  your  thoughts,  your  wisdom.  If  you  don't  live  it,  it  won't  come  out  of  your  horn.”  Charlie  Parker  

    We’re  always  looking  for  great  staff  –  let  us  know  if  you’d  like  to  be  part  of  the  team!  Our  staff  gets  a  bonus  for  great-‐qualified  referrals  too!  To  read  about  our  culture  visit  our  website  today!  

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    Fall  is  the  perfect  time  for  kids  to  learn  about  gravity!  Leaves,  acorns,  and  pinecones  begin  to  fall  and  provide  great  motivation  for  kids  to  experiment  with  gravity.  Kids  can  use  STEM  (science,  technology,  engineering,  and  math)  skills  to  create  and  experiment  with  simple  pom  pom  drops.  Using  simple  materials  you  probably  already  have  at  home  can  help  kids  keep  their  edge  and  enhance  their  critical  thinking  skills.  

    Supplies  needed:    Paper  towel  rolls,  Toilet  paper  rolls,  Scissors,  Washi  tape,  

    Pom  poms, Other  types  of  small  balls,  such  as  marbles  or  bouncy  balls.  

    Begin  the  gravity  lesson  by  asking  them  to  tape  the  paper  towel  rolls  to  the  wall  or  window  in  such  a  way  that  a  pom  pom  can  roll  through  them.  They’ll  have  to  cut  the  rolls  in  half  or  cut  openings  in  the  tubes  so  the  ball  can  travel  through.  There  is  no  “right”  way  to  do  this  at  first.  As  kids  test  out  their  design,  encourage  them  to  continue  to  adjust  and  add  to  it  to  create  a  fun  pom  pom  drop.  

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    GOOD NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES October 2015    

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